2025 Rereads

themeadowofashtrees Host

29 participants (146 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

A book you hated in your high school English class can read as brilliant when read at 30.  Books that were high literature when you were 21 read now self-important pablum.  The words on the page may not have changed, but how you read them certainly has.

Only requirement for a book to meet this challenge is that the last time you read it is 5+ years ago.

Challenge Books

All books added
Jurassic Park: Dead Islands by Fabien Delage

Jurassic Park: Dead Islands

Fabien Delage

340 pages • paperback

fiction
The Evolution of Claire by Tess Sharpe

The Evolution of Claire

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom #1

Tess Sharpe

400 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction fantasy science fiction young adult adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park #1

Michael Crichton

449 pages • paperback • 1990

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous tense fast-paced
The Lost World by Michael Crichton

The Lost World

Jurassic Park #2

Michael Crichton

430 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous tense medium-paced
Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Green Gables #4

L.M. Montgomery

258 pages • paperback • 1936

fiction classics middle grade funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Downshiftology Healthy Meal Prep by Lisa Bryan, Ren Fuller

Downshiftology Healthy Meal Prep

Lisa Bryan, Ren Fuller

304 pages • hardcover

nonfiction cookbook food and drink
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables #1

L.M. Montgomery

320 pages • paperback • 1908

fiction classics middle grade funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

245 pages • paperback • 1877

fiction classics literary middle grade emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Burn by Ted Dekker

Burn

Ted Dekker

388 pages • hardcover • 2009

fiction thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced